FINANCING TEACHER EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

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2000-10
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AKANIMO, Udo Akagha
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ABSTRACT One of the greatest problems facing the present educational system in Nigeria is that of adequate funding. The Gray Longe Commission observed that the entire issue of financing by saying that “under-funding has been identified as the bane of higher education in Nigeria”. Most of the crisis being experienced in our higher institutions today can be traced to the problem of inadequate funding. The problem of under-funding is especially true in teacher education. The teaching profession has been stigmatized with perpetual neglect and spite due to irregular payment of salaries and other deprivations that engender dissatisfaction in occupation disposition. Consequently, many youths manifest aversion for teaching as a career. The implication is that majority of people who are recruited into teaching are either birds of passage or those who have nothing else as a better option. It is against this background that this research examines the situation in the Colleges of Education with particular focus on the Federal Colleges of Education. Based on the above problems, the objectives, justification, scope, research methodology and limitation of the study are first discussed. The study attempts to appraise the financing of Colleges of Education after making a literature review of past studies on the subject – historical background of teacher education in Nigeria, growth in student enrolment and staff disposition in the Federal Colleges of Education over the years. An analysis of funds released to the Federal Colleges of Education for the past six years (the period data are available) compared with total budgeted expenditure is presented to underscore the need for adequate funding of the Colleges. The study also vi highlights the sources of funds to the Colleges which included government subventions, international donor agencies and internally generated revenue. The study takes a look at the role of the National Commission for Colleges of Education in the financing and management of the Federal Colleges of Education. Finally, based on the research findings, recommendations are made on the various ways in which the problem of under-funding in the Colleges of Education can be tackled. There is also a brief comment on the management of the allocated funds by those in authority in the Colleges.
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BEING A PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILMET OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)
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FINANCING,, TEACHER,, EDUCATION,, NIGERIA,, CASE,, STUDY,, FEDERAL,, COLLEGES,, EDUCATION,, NIGERIA
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